PROVIDENCE, R.I. — John Calipari looked bemused as Arkansas' Billy Richmond paused as he was leaving the elevated press conference table. The freshman guard wanted to take the placard with his name and the Arkansas and March Madness logo as a souvenir, but he wasn’t sure if he was allowed to and started to leave without it.

Rick Pitino boasts an impressive career record of 884-310 and has made 24 NCAA tournament appearances, leading six different schools to the tournament. His approaches to coaching have evolved significantly over the years.

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Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy, who's covered Pitino for more than 50 years, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to reflect on Pitino's complicated career and legacy.

As one of college basketball's most gifted tacticians, Rick Pitino has enjoyed plenty ... all three journeys ended prematurely. Still, Pitino's legacy as a postseason performer is fairly rock ...

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo is a legend, like Richard Pitino's dad, and he thinks it's important to stand up for young coaches who need time.

Calipari was being ridiculed with great delight over his Kentucky team's first-round loss to 14th-seeded Oakland.

VCU announced Thursday that Bryant coach Phil Martelli Jr. will be the school’s next basketball coach. The news comes one day after Xavier announced the hiring of New Mexico coach Richard Pitino, meaning that both programs the Spartans beat in Cleveland last week will be searching for a new coach.

In only his second season at St. John's, Rick Pitino has weathered seismic changes in college sports to return the Red Storm to the NCAA Tournament.